Senior Financial Analyst

at  Abbott Laboratories

Job Description
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and ZonePerfect® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in financial analysis / business partnering with strong financial understanding and modeling skills
• Experience in Audit or Big Four would be advantageous
• Able to translate strategic goals and initiatives into effective financial interpretation to support and delivery of goals and initiatives.
• Integration and change management skills and hands on experience preferred
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, experience in interfacing between functional departments
• Good understanding and experience of business processes in a global organization
• Analytical thinking and ability to simplify complex processes to improve efficiency
• Continuous improvement mindset to look for efficiencies.
  Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity

Month-end Close (MEC) Process

• Ensure timely and accurate record of financial information and provide analysis of variance to LBE and Plan, supporting the Singapore Nutrition division
• Creates variance analysis reports and financial models
• Leads real-time financial performance monitoring and escalate issues to management
• Prepares monthly financial reports to management
• Ensure timely distribution of cost center reports to respective budgetary owners.
• Prepare schedules (such as P&L estimates, CBEC, E-commerce) in conjunction with MEC process for reporting to Area
• Working with key stakeholders for various analysis (ASP, DOH, DSO)
• Preparation of Workbook (for various cycles) for submission to Area
• Monthly reconciliation of Actual vs LBE / Plan to analyze the gaps and propose mitigation plan
• Regular review (at least quarterly) of Balance Sheet to ensure timeliness and accuracy of record
• Owner of SG&A reconciliation and forecast of expenses, including variance analysis against LBE and Plan.

RLBE Process

• Support the planning and budgeting process for ANI Singapore Affiliate
• Preparation of schedules (such as 5-factors chart, Brand P&L) required by Area / Division
• Detailed planning of P&L at SKU and GL account level while having the ability to summarize analysis to management.
• Preparation of Balance Sheet schedules and load files to Host Analytics

Annual Costing Process

• Support the Financial Controller and working with key stakeholders (Area Finance, Demand and Supply) to ensure accurate costing (at SKU level)

Other Duties

• Submission of Transfer Pricing request and perform net cost enquiry to ensure timing costing of SKUs and conversion from A0 to A3 status in SAP
• Support the organization to drive strategic projects
• Ad hoc analysis